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honehone /hoʊn/ verb [transitive] ETYMOLOGYhoneOrigin: 1800-1900 hone stone for making things sharp (14th-19th centuries), from Old English hon stone VERB TABLEhone |
| Present | I, you, we, they | hone | | he, she, it | hones | | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | honed | | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have honed | | he, she, it | has honed | | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had honed | | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will hone | | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have honed |
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| Present | I | am honing | | he, she, it | is honing | | you, we, they | are honing | | Past | I, he, she, it | was honing | | you, we, they | were honing | | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been honing | | he, she, it | has been honing | | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been honing | | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be honing | | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been honing |
► honed ... skills He honed his legal skills as a public defender. ► finely honed finely honed surgical techniques 1to improve your skill at doing something, especially when you are already good at it: He honed his legal skills as a public defender. finely honed surgical techniques2to make knives, swords, etc. sharp SYN sharpen [Origin: 1800–1900 hone stone for making things sharp (14th–19th centuries), from Old English hon stone] |